Thanks for the memories!

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

If you ever have trouble locating any of these Reagan-era teen comedies, it's probably because they're on permanent reserve for regular showings in the Ninth Circle of Hell! Nevertheless, this one is somewhat unusual in that, while it certainly is an exploitation flick rather than any kind of serious film, it doesn't really fall into the typical categories like teen slasher movies, teen sex comedies, etc. It actually starts out in an interesting way with private plane full of wealthy prep school kids crashing onto a deserted island on their way to an after prom party. It looks for awhile like it's going to be an adolescent version of "Lord of the Flies" with sex and girls (an excellent idea that oddly enough has never been done--although the Japanese film "Battle Royale" came close). Primitive savagery rears its head briefly and things threaten to spin wildly out of control during a primitive, ritualistic game of "strip spin-the-bottle". But then a bunch of idiot drug smugglers show up(played by be-stubbled, pony-tailed actors who look like they got ejected from a casting call for "Miami Vice" for being too unconvincing). At which point the movie turns into a really stupid sub-sub "Rambo" 80's action movie (Oh, the humanity!) In keeping with its general schizoid nature, the female cast of this movie is excellent, including Betsy Russell (pant!), Claudia Udy (drool!), and a young Sherilyn Fenn (slobber!). Russell and Udy have memorable nude scenes, and Fenn easily wins her own private wet t-shirt contest during an early swimming-in-the-lagoon scene. The male cast, however, is insufferable. The narrator (who talks right to camera)is a fat, bespectacled, and above all, incredibly annoying loser. He's kind of like "Piggy" in "Lord of the Flies" except that unfortunately no one bashes his head in with a rock. He even gets laid by a very decent-looking girl before it's all over (if you've ever seen any of the movies like this, you know that's NOT a spoiler). Then there's a pretty-boy "rebel" who's named "Cowboy" even though he doesn't look like he'd know one end of a horse from the other (he does get to know one end of both Betsy Russell and Claudia Udy from the other though). Perhaps, worst of all though, is the prom king character, played by none other than Martin "Endless Love" Hewitt (Aiiiiggggggggggggh!!!!) I don't if all this adds up to a recommendation or not, but as far as these "nausea-stalgic" Reagan-era teen movies go, you could a lot worse I guess.

hello , to whom it may concern , i would like to get this movie to own , but i am not sure if it is available to own on DVD or VHS ... i love this movie and i would love to know how to get it at a price that is not to out there . if you know what i mean .. well anyway i love the hair styles and the clothes and all the actor's and actresses they are all great i love Jim Youngs he is my favorite well any way hope someone can answer my question .. [email protected] if you can answer me i would love it thanks. and i love this movie i am a big fan of Jim Youngs and i use to watch this movie everyday all day the minute i woke up till i went to sleep , sometimes i would stay up all night watching it because i loved it so much thanks again

There's a germ of a good exploitive drive-in movie here - teenagers stranded on an island getting into sex games, then fighting drug smugglers who arrive and threaten to kill them. It might have worked had it not all been presented in such a dull and unimaginative way - as well as if the teenagers were a likeable bunch that we cared about. It doesn't help that the movie was severely cut up before its release (look at the running time), with a narrative device added to explain things that not only doesn't explain much, but is pretty annoying.

This flick is hilarious to watch today. The bad outfits, the bad hair, the gratuitous nudity! It's everything a teen wanted. Sure the plot is not in Oscar contention, but this is entertaining bad TV and eye candy. There is also one (at least!) editing screw up of note: when you get your one and only overhead shot of the entire deserted island, the picture is taken from a mountain on a nearby island (or more likely the mainland). You can see branches at the bottom of the screen! Oops.